Cambodia expands apparatus to control illegal immigrants

According to a VNA correspondent in Phnom Penh, Cambodia has established 89 additional units in charge of immigration control at the district level across the country, to step up inspection and control of illegal immigrants.

Cambodian people. (Source: AFP/VNA)

General Sok Phal, Director General of the General Department of Immigration, Ministry of Interior of Cambodia, announced on July 21 that the decision to expand the immigration control apparatus to the district level is to facilitate immigration control activities at the grassroots level, instead of depending on a provincial unit as before.

The district immigration control agency will carry out the tasks of general inspection, screening, handling illegal immigrants and protecting the safety of foreigners in Cambodia.

Recently, Cambodia has stepped up its general inspection campaigns against migrant workers and illegal immigrants.

In the first 6 months of 2015, Cambodia detected and deported 1,200 illegal immigrants.

Illegal immigrants to Cambodia come from dozens of different countries, including Vietnam./.

(According to AFP/VNA,VN+)